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...advantages of walking upright were somehow so great that the behavior endured through thousands of generations. Indeed, the anatomy of our ancestors underwent all sorts of basic changes to accommodate this new way of moving. Many of the changes help the body stay balanced by stabilizing the weight-bearing leg and keeping the upper torso centered over the feet. Lovejoy, who studies the anatomy and biomechanics of locomotion, thinks the changes may have improved coordination as well. "To walk upright in a habitual way, you have to do so in synchrony," he says. "If the ligaments and muscles...
...expectations surrounding most internships far exceed the actual career exposure they provide to students. Most employers hire interns as an act of charity, because there is nothing interns are actually qualified to do. But somehow the artificial programs and piles of make-work are supposed to give us glimpses of our future lives. I don’t mean to say that internships are a waste of time; I just think they are falsely advertised. Internships can give students a glimpse of a new career, but most of them give a skewed picture...
...figures are appalling, and yet they seem, somehow, to have lost their ability to move us. That may be changing, slowly, as more and more women come forward to challenge what has become the biggest open secret in the American workplace. Big chain stores Publix and the Home Depot have shelled out a combined $180 million to settle female employee wage discrimination claims; Wal-Mart is currently facing a discrimination suit...
...office, Mexico's President did what any Must-See-TV producer would do--hold a surprise wedding! Fox, divorced since 1991, married his press spokeswoman MARTHA SAHAGUN on the first anniversary of his election, which was also his 59th birthday. Fox tried to keep the nuptials low key, but somehow his wedding video made it onto national television, and all of Mexico saw Fox give Sahagun a delicate peck on the cheek, only to move in for some lip action at the prodding of spectators. When asked if he was happy, Fox said, "Just take a look at my smile...
...gains on housing. Financially speaking, moving didn't make as much sense. Now you can get an exclusion every two years. Swarms of homeowners with a collective $4.5 trillion in home equity in the U.S. are bumping up against the new limits. To extend the tax benefit, they must somehow reset the tax-exempt meter to zero, usually by selling their home and buying another...